paradisa | ─ one hundred & thirty-eight

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[ Cheerfully dictated aloud in the apartment: ]

Nineteen years old. Mom, I bet you would be so shocked! Even if I haven't grown any taller and I'm still an A-cup... I've done a lot of growing up here. It's funny because I wanted to be independent and prove to everyone back home I could do it. I never wanted to be a burden to anyone and now I'm here. Maybe Paradisa heard my wishes back home and that's why I'm here? If it can grant wishes, maybe it can do something like that.

Um... but it's another birthday without you, Dad, Shindou-san, Ichirou-kun, the Manager. I'm going to have a party with all my friends here, and hopefully, make some new ones!

I just wanted to say thank you again, Mom and -- [ a long pause here ] Dad. If it wasn't for the both of you, I'd never have had the chance to come to Paradisa. Even if being away from everyone can hurt and sometimes be a bit... lonely. But I'm grateful for all these experiences here, meeting people I'd never have met before, and having my own sort of family here! Some of us are going to try to head out to Lente's Point in a few weeks. Er, it's a long story, but I promise to be safe!

I'm not sure when we'll find a way back home, but we'll keep looking. So you and Dad, take care of each other. And don't bully him so much. And Shindou-san and Ichirou-kun... I hope I've made smiling both of your specialties.

[ ooc: also backdated to way before flooding lol ]